Japanese shares rose on the news of the stimulus with the Nikkei 225 index gaining 1.4%.
The Nikkei 225 index of Japanese stocks rose 249.71 points, or 2.64%, to 9, 708.79 during trading in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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The Japanese currency rose as much as 2.5% to 96.61 yen against the US dollar in New York on Monday.
Over that same timeframe the price of oil in West German marks and Japanese yen rose 1% and 7% percent respectively.
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After the Plaza accord between the big industrial countries in 1985, the Japanese yen rose by 80% against the dollar in three years.
Japanese stocks rose to their highest level since March 11, as a weakening yen and news of manufacturers bringing factories back online made owning Japanese stocks more attractive to investors.
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Monthly sales of Japanese cars plunged 54 percent year on year, while sales of passenger cars, excluding the Japanese brands, rose 23.8 percent.
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In the year to January, Japanese exports to China rose by a third, whereas its exports to the United States shrank by 5.5%.
Shipments of Japanese products to other Asian nations rose sharply, however, as manufacturers stepped up efforts to boost production and sales outside of China.
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In March Japanese consumer prices (including energy and food) rose by 1.2% compared with a year earlier, the highest pace in a decade.
Slumping interest rates, in contrast, made gold an attractive alternative to bonds for Japanese investor at the start of last decade, especially as corporate bankruptcies rose.
The Japanese maker of the Prius hybrid, Camry sedan and Lexus luxury cars rose once again to the world's top automaker in global vehicle sales last calendar year, overtaking U.S. rival General Motors Co.
Separate data out on Friday showed that spending by Japanese wage earner households - a key barometer of wider consumer demand - rose by a stronger than expected 9.3% in April compared with the previous month.
The divorce rate rose by half between 1990 and 1998, and more and more Japanese are choosing not to marry at all.
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